Some of these aren't mental-illness specific, but they speak to me of my inner self, trying to heal, trying to heal others... and, I am a prolific quote collector who just likes to share.

I read somewhere that 77% of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I am more intrigued by the 23% who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.
- Jerry Garcia

The greatest blessings come to us through madness, when it is sent as a gift of the gods.
Socrates, Phaedrus

Sometimes it’s a good idea to revere the sacred crazy from a safe distance.
Arthur D. Hlavaty

Reality is always controlled by the people who are the most insane.
- Dogbert’s 1st Law of Business

I would rather be whole than good.
- Carl Jung

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the Light.

It is through the cracks in our brains that Ecstasy creeps in.
- Logan Pearsall Smith

I have lived on the lip
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I’ve been knocking from the inside!
- Rumi

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.

Some mornings it's just not worth chewing through the straps.

Every time I close the door on reality it comes in through the windows.

One must have chaos within oneself if one is to become a dancing star.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Instead of heavy-duty, try putting yourself on the gentle cycle.
Anonymous

Insanity takes its toll. Please have exact change.

Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
- Whoopi Goldberg